The following news summaries are from OPM AM, the daily newsletter of the Office of Personnel Management. OPM AM is available on OPM Mainstreet, the agency's electronic bulletin board, at 202-606-4800.
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14-HOUR STANDOFF ENDS AT TEXAS VETERAN'S OFFICE-"A veteran armed with a rifle and what he said were explosives crashed his car through the front door at a Veterans Affairs office today and held off police for 14 hours before giving up" (The Washington Post).
LAWMAKER REJECTS SBA INTEREST HIKE ON DISASTER AID-"The Clinton administration, as it has in previous years, proposed increasing the interest rate paid by disaster victims who borrow from the Small Business Administration. The rate would move from 4 percent to 6 percent, according to SBA's fiscal 1999 budget plan" (The Washington Post).
HEALTH PANEL AT A STANDSTILL IN ENFORCING RIGHTS-"A presidential commission that recommended a bill of rights for patients is now deadlocked on the important question of how to enforce those rights"(The New York Times).
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